Originally Posted by teamawe
I really like coffee.
I can taste the difference between different beans, roasts and grinds. My telling you that I prefer my coffee over yours isnt malicious, its just a statement of my opinion. Useing rhetoric to explain my preference in an attempt to aid your understanding may be a losing battle, but I'm happy to share my passion and in the end, I still like my coffee just as much. =)
I probaby should have quantified my statement as obviously it doesn't apply to everyone posting their opinions, my apologies if you felt it was in any way directed to you.
I was just going back to the original title and the concept of "lowering one's standards" because they chose a Trek or something similar. I have no qualms on you liking a certain kind of coffee. You can even sing praises about it, but when someone instead goes, "Eww, your coffee is crap" (not necessarily you) then it's then the intent is just to offend another person.